China 2009: Glam Shots
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kiruiBecause getting glamshots done was kind of epic and therefore the little side trip gets its own freaking backlog post. (Better posts with more interesting photos of stuff like food after this.)
WARNING: I AM OCCASSIONALLY AN EGOTIST/NARCISSIST AND IT SHOWS. SOMETIMES. LIEK NAO. >_>;
05/29/09
Got an 800RMB indoor package of 5 outfits, 18 photos, one 8" book and a 10" table frame. Rediscovered the magic of foundation or concealer or whatever the hell it is that people who ritually use cosmetics use to hide their blemishes. I mean, my god, I could only wish my skin was that good au natural. >_> (Another interesting thing we discovered at the end of the day after we were allowed to wipe off the make-up: if you put together two or more fake eyelashes that have been masquera'd on top of each other, you get one (1) UK!eyebrow. |DDD)
Had no idea what I was doing when they asked "so what kind of image do you want to have?" The fact that their costumes looked like a circus parade on hangers didn't help either. Chose a qi pao for the first set, but the style I chose got unanimously rejected by practically everybody for being too 老气 or something. asldkfjsdfh MY TASTE RUNS A LITTLE MORE OLD-FASHIONED OKAY. For better or for worse, I relinquished the decision of choosing what I wore for the first three outfits to my make-up person and photographer.
Inaho says I look like an Anego in the one on the right |D;;; WHERE'S MY GOKUDO, DAMMIT.
Plotting??
Totally got hit on by Inaho's photographer during the first set. They'd began/finished earlier, and since the morning was relatively less busy, guess he had time to check in on the "other girl from America." Got asked if I found him good-looking and it was seriously wtffffff
Dude: You guys seriously don't have boyfriends? Both of you?
Me: OSHI--Uh, no. Too busy studying. There's no time for that kind of stuff.
Dude: Oh. Cool. Hey, do you think I'm handsome?
Me: WTF-oh. Um. THE LIGHTS. THEY ARE IN MY EYES.Please don't Ask me later.
Dude: You're not teasing me are you?
Me: AHAHAHAHA OF COURSE NOT. (Note to self and Inaho: never let slip that you are without a boyfriend unless you're interested YOU IDIOT).
Apparently Inaho got hit on during her first set too and was asked to take him with her when she went back US. LOL He was joking, but I bet it was pretty damn awkward for her considering she had trouble following his posing instructions to begin with, much less react to flirtatious banter. (I'd suggested that she could've replied with the suggestion of stuffing him in her suitcase, but the perpetual quietly-freaking-out state she was in due to language-difficulties made that pretty much impossible.)
After the second set, we noticed a pattern emerging. Or at least, with Inaho it soon became clear that the make-up artists and photographers all agreed that she was most-suited for the "kawaii" look. They were actually throwing around the term "kawaii" right and left, I am serious. In fact, this wasn't the first time I heard the term being used--my mom's friend who took me to go see my maternal grandmother had also remarked that my bangs (pre-haircut) were of the "KAWAII" style, and a;lsdkjfshd hearing a middle-aged Shanghai-nese woman toss out that term is pretty surreal. And embarrassing. (Seriously, China, of all the terms to borrow from Japan, why the hell did you choose to define "girlishly cute" as "kawaii" for crying out loud??)
I got lucky (? debatable) and got labled as "cool." Which was pretty limiting in terms of the clothes they felt suited me, but definitely beats cutesy lolita dresses and a sea of stuffed animals, any day.
If I were to macro the one on the right it'd be: HIP REPLACEMENT DO WANT.
Those folds crack me up |DDD
My photographer was older (thankfully) and a total hippie--long hair pulled into a horsetail and all. He was kind of awesome. After the second set, I'm guessing he liked me enough (my ability to follow instructions?? STRIKE A POSE lololol), or maybe it was his artistic senses pinging (idek). Whatever the reason, my third set ended up being shot outside (not part of the package; it would've otherwise costed extra, I think). I didn't really like the costume for the third set, mainly because a) it's something I'd never wear on a regular day in any other situation, and b) the so-called overalls turned out to be a mini skirt that barely covered my ass, whattheeverlastingFUCK. Definitely had some sketchy middle-aged guy stop and watch me pose/be photographed and even come close enough to offer suggestions. ;alkdsjfasdfh UNCLEAN. UNCLEAN.
Random car that he told me to lie on top of. =_= I lost count of the number of times I tugged down the a;ldskfjasdhf skirt that kept on riding up.
GOJIRA IDEK
The only dissatisfaction my photographer had with me turned out to be my default gaze. It was 太凶了--"too fierce" lololOL (HOW AM I DOING, TYRA?) After asking me what my major was, he concluded, "That explains it; You're looking at me as if I were a chemical reaction. Stop that! Be sweeter! You still have a Shanghainese Lady flavor, bring it out more!" Somehow once in a while I managed to pull off a not-smirk, not-imma-discipline-you-now-biatch smile, but those were usually accidents, or flukes. 啊~ 真地失败！
Fourth set was a kimono which was a mistake since my head's really not shaped right for anything that isn't a middle-aged-woman hairstyle. They had to add arbitrary pigtails to make me look more my age, lol fail. I like to think I rocked the fake 琴/koto though. Unfortunately, my head never looked good in the shots where my hands looked decent and vice versa. OTL Had to discard my favorite shot since my head looked like a balloon |D
THAT SMILE IS A LIE.
By the last set, I was kind of D: at all the clothes-changing and opted to go with my own clothes, sans the short-sleeved button-down. Definitely more comfortable in one's own clothes. Inaho took one look at my negatives though, and suggested that I should've tried to find myself a bullwhip. Or a pair of bitch boots lmao.
I wasn't going to keep this one (cause more than 18 cost extra), but Inaho bought it. Something about how if she ever wanted to show someone me, this would be the pic.
There was actually another photo that I discarded that was basically the exact same angle/expression/HEAD essentially, and different hand positions. Exactly the same. It was uncanny.
CHECK OUT THOSE BICEPS. And uh, please to be ignoring the cleavage--they weren't supposed to be there I swear to god.
HAY BB. |D
They were nice and threw in 2 freebies of Inaho and I together. =)
We took practically half a day to get done, but it was fun. Basically it's a chance to look better than you would normally lol. Slightly curious as to how the doctored versions will turn out, but am going to have to wait until September when my dad comes back to China to see the them in all their photoshopped glory |D
So.... apparently in exchange for LJ, I lose Twitter. Which was a tad bit more frustrating than I expected, but mostly because Bliss just released Kiz/NARI's Revaival #3 yesterday, as well as Hakkenden chapter 04, and I really wanted to flail at the world in 140 characters or less. =P ALSO just found out that apparently Kiz has also taken part of punch!!'s doujin activities before. I HAD NO IDEA.
WARNING: I AM OCCASSIONALLY AN EGOTIST/NARCISSIST AND IT SHOWS. SOMETIMES. LIEK NAO. >_>;
05/29/09
Got an 800RMB indoor package of 5 outfits, 18 photos, one 8" book and a 10" table frame. Rediscovered the magic of foundation or concealer or whatever the hell it is that people who ritually use cosmetics use to hide their blemishes. I mean, my god, I could only wish my skin was that good au natural. >_> (Another interesting thing we discovered at the end of the day after we were allowed to wipe off the make-up: if you put together two or more fake eyelashes that have been masquera'd on top of each other, you get one (1) UK!eyebrow. |DDD)
Had no idea what I was doing when they asked "so what kind of image do you want to have?" The fact that their costumes looked like a circus parade on hangers didn't help either. Chose a qi pao for the first set, but the style I chose got unanimously rejected by practically everybody for being too 老气 or something. asldkfjsdfh MY TASTE RUNS A LITTLE MORE OLD-FASHIONED OKAY. For better or for worse, I relinquished the decision of choosing what I wore for the first three outfits to my make-up person and photographer.
Inaho says I look like an Anego in the one on the right |D;;; WHERE'S MY GOKUDO, DAMMIT.
Plotting??
Totally got hit on by Inaho's photographer during the first set. They'd began/finished earlier, and since the morning was relatively less busy, guess he had time to check in on the "other girl from America." Got asked if I found him good-looking and it was seriously wtffffff
Dude: You guys seriously don't have boyfriends? Both of you?
Me: OSHI--Uh, no. Too busy studying. There's no time for that kind of stuff.
Dude: Oh. Cool. Hey, do you think I'm handsome?
Me: WTF-oh. Um. THE LIGHTS. THEY ARE IN MY EYES.
Dude: You're not teasing me are you?
Me: AHAHAHAHA OF COURSE NOT. (Note to self and Inaho: never let slip that you are without a boyfriend unless you're interested YOU IDIOT).
Apparently Inaho got hit on during her first set too and was asked to take him with her when she went back US. LOL He was joking, but I bet it was pretty damn awkward for her considering she had trouble following his posing instructions to begin with, much less react to flirtatious banter. (I'd suggested that she could've replied with the suggestion of stuffing him in her suitcase, but the perpetual quietly-freaking-out state she was in due to language-difficulties made that pretty much impossible.)
After the second set, we noticed a pattern emerging. Or at least, with Inaho it soon became clear that the make-up artists and photographers all agreed that she was most-suited for the "kawaii" look. They were actually throwing around the term "kawaii" right and left, I am serious. In fact, this wasn't the first time I heard the term being used--my mom's friend who took me to go see my maternal grandmother had also remarked that my bangs (pre-haircut) were of the "KAWAII" style, and a;lsdkjfshd hearing a middle-aged Shanghai-nese woman toss out that term is pretty surreal. And embarrassing. (Seriously, China, of all the terms to borrow from Japan, why the hell did you choose to define "girlishly cute" as "kawaii" for crying out loud??)
I got lucky (? debatable) and got labled as "cool." Which was pretty limiting in terms of the clothes they felt suited me, but definitely beats cutesy lolita dresses and a sea of stuffed animals, any day.
If I were to macro the one on the right it'd be: HIP REPLACEMENT DO WANT.
Those folds crack me up |DDD
My photographer was older (thankfully) and a total hippie--long hair pulled into a horsetail and all. He was kind of awesome. After the second set, I'm guessing he liked me enough (my ability to follow instructions?? STRIKE A POSE lololol), or maybe it was his artistic senses pinging (idek). Whatever the reason, my third set ended up being shot outside (not part of the package; it would've otherwise costed extra, I think). I didn't really like the costume for the third set, mainly because a) it's something I'd never wear on a regular day in any other situation, and b) the so-called overalls turned out to be a mini skirt that barely covered my ass, whattheeverlastingFUCK. Definitely had some sketchy middle-aged guy stop and watch me pose/be photographed and even come close enough to offer suggestions. ;alkdsjfasdfh UNCLEAN. UNCLEAN.
Random car that he told me to lie on top of. =_= I lost count of the number of times I tugged down the a;ldskfjasdhf skirt that kept on riding up.
The only dissatisfaction my photographer had with me turned out to be my default gaze. It was 太凶了--"too fierce" lololOL (HOW AM I DOING, TYRA?) After asking me what my major was, he concluded, "That explains it; You're looking at me as if I were a chemical reaction. Stop that! Be sweeter! You still have a Shanghainese Lady flavor, bring it out more!" Somehow once in a while I managed to pull off a not-smirk, not-imma-discipline-you-now-biatch smile, but those were usually accidents, or flukes. 啊~ 真地失败！
Fourth set was a kimono which was a mistake since my head's really not shaped right for anything that isn't a middle-aged-woman hairstyle. They had to add arbitrary pigtails to make me look more my age, lol fail. I like to think I rocked the fake 琴/koto though. Unfortunately, my head never looked good in the shots where my hands looked decent and vice versa. OTL Had to discard my favorite shot since my head looked like a balloon |D
THAT SMILE IS A LIE.
By the last set, I was kind of D: at all the clothes-changing and opted to go with my own clothes, sans the short-sleeved button-down. Definitely more comfortable in one's own clothes. Inaho took one look at my negatives though, and suggested that I should've tried to find myself a bullwhip. Or a pair of bitch boots lmao.
I wasn't going to keep this one (cause more than 18 cost extra), but Inaho bought it. Something about how if she ever wanted to show someone me, this would be the pic.
There was actually another photo that I discarded that was basically the exact same angle/expression/HEAD essentially, and different hand positions. Exactly the same. It was uncanny.
CHECK OUT THOSE BICEPS. And uh, please to be ignoring the cleavage--they weren't supposed to be there I swear to god.
They were nice and threw in 2 freebies of Inaho and I together. =)
We took practically half a day to get done, but it was fun. Basically it's a chance to look better than you would normally lol. Slightly curious as to how the doctored versions will turn out, but am going to have to wait until September when my dad comes back to China to see the them in all their photoshopped glory |D
So.... apparently in exchange for LJ, I lose Twitter. Which was a tad bit more frustrating than I expected, but mostly because Bliss just released Kiz/NARI's Revaival #3 yesterday, as well as Hakkenden chapter 04, and I really wanted to flail at the world in 140 characters or less. =P ALSO just found out that apparently Kiz has also taken part of punch!!'s doujin activities before. I HAD NO IDEA.
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Date: 2009-06-04 07:36 pm (UTC)I got lucky (? debatable) and got labled as "cool." Which was pretty limiting in terms of the clothes they felt suited me, but definitely beats cutesy lolita dresses and a sea of stuffed animals, any day.
You totally know what they'd do to me.
But it looks like fun. I'd like to try it one day.
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